Collection: Children's fiction

When Big Mama made the world, she didn't mess about. Earth, sky and sea, sun and moon, plants and trees, birds and animals all fell right into line with her plans. This is a joyous, lyrical creation story like no other.

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells' illustrations, combined with imaginative touchy-feely patches and a wide variety of textures provides babies and toddlers with important first sensory experiences in this book about childrens' most cherished friends.

William eats, talks and dreams football, and he's driving his sister crazy! Then one day William's dream comes true and Dad takes him to a football club for the first time. The match kicks off and the tension builds. The score is nil-nil and William has the ball. Will he score and be hero for the...

The titles in this series cover a wide range of fiction genres listed for Key Stage One in the National Literacy Strategy. Brightly illustrated, fun stories by top authors and illustrators focus on key areas of interest for the age range.

Nasty Jack Frost is back again, this time stealing the Fun Day flags, and now everyone is quite miserable, as the Fun Day Fairies can't do their job of making each day fun! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Sarah the Sunday Fairy retrieve her flag?

Nosy, a young pterodactyl, makes friends with Banty, a young apatosaurus, despite the disapproval of their parents. When the pterodactyls save Banty from T-Rex, the adult dinosaurs become great friends as well. Nosy comes up with a plan to teach T-Rex a lesson.

When Sammy's parents buy him a parrot in an antique cage he gets more than he expected. Soon there are private ghosts all over the house, but only Sammy can see them! He has to help them escape Captain Red Beard the Really Rotten in this swashbuckling adventure story.

Myths and legends are required and reading for the National Curriculum. This book, which focuses on Theseus, is one of four Greek Hero retellings from Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated throughout in black and white.

Based on Disney's feature-length animation, this title tells the story of Simba, a male lion cub, from his birth on the African plains, through the death of his father at the hands of his villainous uncle, Scar, to his claiming his father's throne.